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Automatic Pix Goes Live, Enabling Recurring Payments in Brazil

Pix, Brazil’s instant payments system, has introduced a recurring payments mechanism, aiming to simplify bill payments for consumers.
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Sweepstakes Ban Under Consideration in New York, Vetoed In Louisiana

As one state legislature looks to reinforce regulatory actions against sweepstakes gaming operations, another has seen the governor veto a legislative ban, calling it unnecessary.
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Pay.UK Sets Out Ideas For Reforming UK’s Payments Infrastructure

Payment system operator Pay.UK has unveiled a package of proposed reforms to the organisational framework for interbank payments, urging “radical” change to prevent the UK falling behind on infrastructure and innovation.
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Presidential Decree Confirms Brazil Betting Tax Hike

A sharp increase in the main tax applied to online betting in Brazil became reality late Wednesday when an emergency decree was published in the Brazilian government’s official gazette.
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’Impactful And Not Impactful At All’ - Russia’s SWIFT Ban Debated In UK Parliament

Cutting off Russia from the international messaging system was both the most draconian action possible while simultaneously being overstated, former SWIFT head of corporate affairs told the UK Treasury Committee.
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Payments

UAE Latest Country To Be Added To FATF Greylist

The United Arab Emirates' recent initiatives to prevent economic crime appear to have failed, with the global standards body placing the country on its notorious grey list.
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Payments

NFL Suspends Star Player For Betting On Games

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday announced that Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley is suspended for at least the entire 2022 season for betting on NFL games last year.
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Gambling

Chile's Online Gambling Bill Better Late Than Never

Chile’s outgoing government has introduced a long-awaited bill to regulate online casino games and sports betting.
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Gambling

Sweden Proposes Gambling Software Licence, Fee Hike

Sweden’s Ministry of Finance is proposing to increase online licence renewal fees and has confirmed plans to require suppliers to apply for their own licences.
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Gambling

Dutch Regulator Sets Out PSD2 Account Rules

The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has published new guidelines assessing what accounts it deems as in the scope of the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), as well as those that are not.
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Payments

U.S. Lawsuit Blames PayPal BNPL For Bank Junk Fees

A PayPal consumer claims the company’s popular buy now, pay later (BNPL) service called Pay in 4 targets the poor who end up paying huge amounts of hidden bank fees.
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Payments

Pay.UK Outline New Strategy For Retail Payments

Pay.UK has released its strategy report, indicating where it wants the UK’s retail payments industry to be by 2026.
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Payments

Visa And Mastercard Halt Operations In Russia

As U.S. card giants announce they are pulling out of Russia, they also reveal they are more exposed to the Russia-Ukraine war than had previously been predicted.
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Payments

UK Coroner Rules Addiction Led To Teacher's Suicide

Britain’s gaming operators say they are "committed to going even further” in providing treatment for problem gamblers after an inquest heard how a teacher killed himself after battling addiction.
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Gambling

Peru Preparing Law For Online Gambling

Peru's tourism ministry has submitted a draft law to regulate online gambling and sports betting with the aim of raising more than $40m in annual tax revenue.
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Gambling

Remote Registration Returns In Illinois

The third largest U.S. sports betting market kicked into a higher gear this weekend as bettors in Illinois became eligible to register for accounts without visiting a land-based casino for the first time in almost a year.
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Gambling

Europe Operators Told To Monitor Russia Sanctions, Ban Bets

As the war in Ukraine intensifies, gambling businesses are being required to monitor and comply with sanctions against Russian entities.
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Gambling

FCA Continues To Talk Up Its Crypto Clampdown

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened hundreds of crypto-asset cases as it looks to purge bad actors in the consumer investment market.
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Payments

Payments Industry Response To Russia’s Invasion

Russia’s conflict with Ukraine has sent shockwaves throughout Europe and the rest of the world, and many payment and fintech firms have had to take a stand.
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Payments

Chaos Order Of Day, Says New VIXIO Reg Index

Over the past few years, VIXIO has been actively monitoring the regulatory landscape for payments firms. With our new Global Regulatory Impact Index, we reveal trends and insight that provide an overview of the global regulatory landscape, providing our clients with a competitive edge.
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Payments

Week In Brief - March 4, 2022

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at the Federal Reserve's tiered review of fintechs, Ireland's An Post new open banking services, Indonesia's increase to QR limit on payments and Thailand's new digital asset custody rules.
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Payments

Singapore Says Retail CBDC Not Compelling

As the island-state reiterates its stance on a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC), the desire to develop a retail CBDC is showing an increasingly sharp split around the world.
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Payments

South Africa Investigating 50 Allegations Against Lotteries Commission

South Africa’s National Lotteries Commission has accused the country’s Special Investigation Unit of including “several inconsistencies” following its damming investigation update into around 50 allegations of irregular allocation of funds.
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Gambling

German Betting Group Warns Of Rise Of Black Market Gambling

A German online gambling trade group has found several hundred unlicensed operators pitching German residents, leading it to warn that the black market will only grow during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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Romanian Gambling Ad Restrictions Incoming But Lawyers Flag Need For Clarity

Romania’s new Audiovisual Code introduces several important changes, clarifications and restrictions; however, questions raised about the definitions, such as sports personality or influencer, have not been “thoroughly defined”, according to legal experts.
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Australia’s Project Acacia Blossoming Into Six-Month Testing Phase

Project Acacia, Australia’s research program into wholesale digital currency, has reached a “significant milestone”, with participants selected to explore innovations in digital money and settlement infrastructure.
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Big Tech Joins Forces With Telcos Under Hong Kong’s Latest Anti-Scam Charter

Financial regulators in Hong Kong have announced the launch of a new anti-scam charter that will see telcos and big tech firms participate for the first time.
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U.S. Senate Fails To Roll Back Change To Gambling Tax Deductions

The effort to reverse one of the tax hikes in President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” came up short in the Senate on Thursday due to opposition from a lone senator who sought to add an exemption of religious colleges from the federal endowment tax.
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Regulatory Influencer: Concurrent Market Liberalisation In The Two Congos

Two of the French-speaking jurisdictions within the Congo Basin, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), have simultaneously embarked upon devising gambling regulation. Following years of relying upon aged legislation, which monopolised the operation of gambling to state-owned entities, the Congolese market is finally liberalising.The bigger picture
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California's Daily Fantasy Sports Opinion: Key Policy Points To Watch

California Attorney General Rob Bonta's opinion last week that deemed daily fantasy sports to be a form of illegal gambling is a new policy wrinkle in a state that has consistently been a flashpoint when it comes to the gaming market.
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French Regulator Reignites Calls For Whistle-to-Whistle Ban and Loss Limits

France’s gambling regulator has once again reiterated calls to introduce a whistle-to-whistle advertising ban, as well as loss limits for players aged 18-25 years old.The president of France’s National Gambling Authority (ANJ), Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, said changes to the country's regulatory framework are “essential” for a sustainable gambling industry model during her closing remarks at a conference addressing gambling addiction on June 27, 2025.
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CFPB Suffers Double Shock As Budget Slashed And Redundancies Ruled Lawful

Opponents of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have experienced twin triumphs, as an injunction halting the agency's restructuring has been lifted and the federal budget bill has almost halved its funding.
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Regulatory Influencer: The Key Updates to the EU’s Payment Services Package

The EU has for some time been working on updating its regulation of the payments sector, planning to issue a revised directive and to introduce a bloc-wide payment services regulation.
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FCA’s £21m Monzo Fine Emphasises That Growth Must Be Responsible

By imposing the fine on the challenger bank, the UK financial services regulator has sent a reminder to disruptors that they must pay attention to their regulatory duties.
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